Georgia Tech’s Stephen Hill lights up the 40-yard dash

Hill put up a sensational 40-yard dash time of 4.30 seconds on Sunday morning in Indianapolis. That’s easily the best time we’ve seen so far. On his other attempt he ran in 4.31 seconds, so he actually has the two fastest 40 times of the 2012 Scouting Combine to date.

A 6-foot-4, 215-pounder, Hill has good size to go with his good speed. There’s no question that he’s opening some eyes this weekend.

The question is whether Hill can develop into a consistent threat while playing in an NFL passing game. While playing in a run-first option offense at Georgia Tech, he caught just 49 passes in his college career.

He’s interesting, watch the film from the game vs. UNC this year. He had one of the most amazing catches I’ve ever seen in that game. He also had one of the biggest bonehead drops, a wide open 60 yarder that hit him in the breadbasket and then hit the ground T.O. style. I think it was hard for him because he was constantly run blocking.

I’ll take him at the end of the 2nd or 3rd if he’s there. Considering how many speed guys the 49ers have had with inconsistent hands over the last several years i’m more keen to take a guy that’s slower but doesn’t drop passes like Alshon Jeffery. Then again with the 49ers lick drafting wideouts Hill would become Megatron 2.0 while Jeffery would end up Mike Williams 2.0 smh

He is not as good as Demaryius Thomas, let alone Megatron. But … he would be a good risk for a team in round 3-4 looking to develop a deep threat. If The Giants lose Mario Manningham, this guy could replace him.

Let’s not forget Megatron outweighs this guy by about 30 lbs. But he just earned himself a nice increase in pay come draft day. Five years from now he could be the guy many teams will be kicking themselves for passing on in the 1st round. Or he could just be a combine wonder.